From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 6 12:56:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA24906 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 12:56:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-ofc01.srv.cis.pitt.edu (root@post-ofc01.srv.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA24865 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 12:56:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from unixs4.cis.pitt.edu (jddst19@unixs4.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.55]) by post-ofc01.srv.cis.pitt.edu with SMTP (8.8.2/cispo-2.0.1.7) ID ; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 15:34:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 15:34:01 -0500 (EST) From: John D Duncan X-Sender: jddst19@unixs4.cis.pitt.edu To: Shane Cribbs cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please Help! In-Reply-To: <3280BAE8.6769@bulloch.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Shane Cribbs wrote: > Hi, > > I am very interested in using FreeBSD. I have tried to install it over > FTP and can't get it to work. Here's the situation. > > I get to where I am supposed to connect to my internet provider and I > get the prompt "PPP on ccribbs>". I typed "term", but then all I could > do was exit. I have a modem that uses AT commands. What do I need to > type to connect to my provider? Please! > > Shane Cribbs > ccribbs@goldstag.com > FreeBSD-stable's install program is somewhat broken on that respect, in that it asks you which port you need to use and it does not bother setting it for iijppp. I have no idea why it does this, but if you want to use a device other than /dev/cuaa0 (viz. /dev/cuaa1) use set device /dev/cuaa1 and then set speed x and then you have to manually atdt and all that. With a 16550A UART you are able to use speeds of up to 115200, but the 16450 only supports 19200, so remember to check the boot-messages as it starts. if your modem requires a setup string (mine doesn't) you might want to write it down off of your dos prog. I hope you enjoy FreeBSD. -jd ============== jddst19+@pitt.edu John Duncan Freshman, University of Pittsburgh "I'm not a doctor, but I ate one at the UPMC..."